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A reductionist process to an expressed truth posted

A contemporary blog project – I wrote an open and honest reflection of a negative experience with a personality that is not untypical for the arts industry in Canada. And not for the first time. However, I edited, censored and reduced it over a short amount of time so it reflects no real opinion with no details, but simply hints I share an opinion on a matter that my colleagues probably would too. Like them though, I now feel I am unable to critique and criticize openly because of my employment situation within the public arts system.

Canadian contemporary art is a small town, and even though this blog was originally created to be an honest and open discussion about aspects of our art world I can no longer be honest or venture into “taboo” areas of discussion. The blog worked as a whole by being so frank and even a bit controversial – but now that I have gained from it, I have those gains to lose if I continue.

I have become self-policing in a thin-skinned and political environment. The ALP blog, therefore, cannot continue honestly and I will have to end it as it is.

ALP Archives

The (1st!) Keno City Film FestivalIt’s been a little while since I’ve updated this blog. If you want the latest, I update my Twitter account regularly. I’ve gone ahead and created a new Film Festival in the small Yukon community of Keno City. This started as me just screening my film “The 2017 Keno City Music Festival” for the town to see, but I realized it […]

The Grand Journey Here @ Scenic Cityhttps://vimeo.com/234348306 This short art film, my first, has certainly travelled well since its completion in 2015. This screening in Owen Sound, where my father was born and raised, is most likely the last stop before it becomes available online for streaming. There are some aspects to the work that might be easy to mis […]

2nd TONIGHT THE MOON album “2” releasedthousand voices murmered through fever’s ether urging nonsense tourists of sickness visitors to the outer bedlands. burn everything after falling in the same spot for days. shamble to offer: https://soundcloud.com/tonightthemoonis/2a-1View On WordPress

Spark in the Dark premiers Friday April 14th at Dawson City Short Film Festival 2017My son James and I are excited to launch our film A Spark in the Dark: Tinder Users in the North next week at DCISFF in Dawson City, Yukon. This short doc explores love & technology in the small and isolated town of Dawson City during the sub-arctic winter, revealing touc […]

Interview with Artist Otino Corsano: This is the fifth in a series of 11 artist interviews I conducted in 2014 titled “a new space; artists and social media”. You can learn more about this academic research project at http://artistsandsocialmedia.tumblr.com/Corsano is a New Genres Artist from California now based in Toronto, Ontario. He works in a variety of […]

Mike Brodie’s ‘Period of Juvenile Prosperity’ is currently on show at Galerie les Filles du Calvaire, Paris as part of Mois de la Photo 2014. Sang Bleu looks at the striking work of amateur photographer Mike Brodie, taken whilst he was a juvenile freight train hopper on the American railway tracks. via sangbleu: